Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Gundam Seed Shadow ❯ Episode 11 ( Chapter 12 )
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By: Hcps 
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 6.9K | Visits: 143 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Gundam SEED Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 02.12.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 6.9K | Visits: 143 | Status: Work In Progress
Episode 11
The episode opens up showing a raider's ship. We cut into the captain’s room to see a person sitting in a chair in front of a desk. He's got his chair turn around so that the back is facing the desk and he's looking out the window, while smoking. The smoke and the dim lighting make it hard to see physical details. We hear a knock on the door the man behind the desk speaks without turning around
Boss: Come in Hunter.
The door opens and a person enters and nods his head slightly
Hunter: Sir, I've come to give you a progress report.
The Boss doesn't turn around
Boss: Go on.
Hunter: Yes Sir, Teams A, B, and C are in positions and are ready to go, final checks on the ship have been completed and all systems are a go.
Hunter hesitates then decides to go on
Hunter: Sir I have to know why you decide to raid Junk City now, they haven't received any new parts, nor have I received reports of them operating on any valuable Gundam.
The Boss interrupts him, his tone suggest he's annoyed by the question
Boss: So you want to know why I'm wasting my time robbing a place that doesn't have anything valuable in it.
Hunter realizes he might have anger the boss by his question
Hunter: I-I-I yo-you d-don't mind Sir.
He stutters, the Boss turns around to face him
Boss: You see that's why I'm the boss Hunter, you don't think things out. You see if we came back when Junk City just got a fresh shipment of new parts they would be overcrowd with powerful Gundam teams, but by raiding during the off season, there are no powerful Gundams. We check the charts and currently there's not a single team above E rank in there city. True we won't get as good a haul as we would when they got new parts but we'll still get something plus we wouldn't have to worry about paying some Gundam fighters to protect the ship.
Hunter nods his head eagerly
Hunter: That's a brilliant idea Sir.
Boss: Of course, that's why I'm the boss and you're the lackey.
He says in an arrogant tone, he gets up
Boss: Now prepare the ship to take off and to attack Junk City!
He shouts. The scene cuts back to the Warehouse where we see Roxas, Nick, and Shadow leaning against the wall. Cagalli is in front of Nick facing him.
Cagalli: Wait, are you saying they never caught the guy!
Cagalli shouts shocked. Nick nods his head
Nick: That's what I heard when I asked around if they ever caught the guy who sabotaged the S-generator.
Cagalli backs down
Cagalli: W-what should we say to Jack?
She asks uncertain
Shadow: Nothing.
Shadow says calmly. Cagalli turns towards him surprised
Cagalli: Nothing?
Nick: The worst thing we could do is try to comfort her mate; I'm sure that more than enough people have given her plenty of pity and it's most likely gotten to the point where she's sick of it.
Cagalli is still uncertain
Cagalli: But still
Roxas cuts in
Roxas: Look Cagalli I know how you feel but in all honestly we aren't that close to Jack. I mean we just met her a couple of days ago, and no matter how much you might want to you can't comfort someone who lost a relative you don't know well, besides too much time has passed.
Cagalli looks down defeated
Cagalli: So we just act as if nothing happen, then what was the point of finding out about it in the first place?
Nick and Roxas look away not sure on how to answer that. Shadow looks up and gets off the wall and begins to walk towards Nightwing as he passes Cagalli he says
Shadow: The point of it was to understand Jack better, and understanding someone different from yourself better is never a waste of time or a bad thing in my opinion.
Shadow continues walking towards Nightwing leaving a surprise Cagalli, Nick and Roxas. The camera moves to Jack, she jumps down from Nightwing sighs, wipes some sweat from her forehead, then takes a step back to admire her work.
Jack: Well not a bad job if I say so myself.
Shadow walks up behind her and smiles as he says
Shadow: So I take it you're finish?
Jack turns around a little surprise
Jack: Yup, your Gundam is good to go.
Shadow corrects her
Shadow: Nightwing is good to go.
Jack sighs
Jack: Whatever.
Shadow smiles again
Shadow: Here catch.
He tosses her a soda, she catches out of reflex
Jack: Huh, what's this for?
Shadow smile widens
Shadow: A good job done deserves a nice cold drink reward.
Jack eyes widen and for a moment Shadow's face blurs and is replace by Mark. We can hear Mark's voice overlap with Shadow's saying the same thing, but just as quickly the image disappears. Shadow frowns as he also opens a can of soda.
Shadow: You know I wouldn't mind a thank you.
Jack shakes her head
Jack: Thanks but, we're not allowed to take gifts from clients.
She says hesitantly, she then reluctantly holds the soda out for Shadow to take back. Shadow just looks at it for a moment surprised, and then he smiles and says
Shadow: Well in that case consider it a gift from Tom, since I used his tab to pay for it.
Jack just looks at him shocked for a moment than burst out laughing. This kind of laughter full of joy hasn't been release from Jack for a long time. She pulls her hand back then opens the can of the soda as she says
Jack: HAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA, well in that case I would be more than happy to accept Tom's gift, but just tell me what flowers to send to your grave because when Tom finds out he's going to beat your ass silly.
She continues laughing, Shadow breaks out laughing too
Shadow: HAHAHHAHHA, then let's have a toast to me never getting caught!
He holds up his soda, Jack smiles at him then takes her soda and hits his soda with it.
Jack: And to your Gun….
Shadow interrupts
Shadow: Nightwing.
Jack rolls her eyes
Jack: To Nightwing’s repairs and upgrades being finish.
Shadow: Cheers.
They take their drinks back and begin to drink. Kenny comes down from Nightwing
Kenny: Hey Shadow, I just finish upgrading Nightwing's programming so where's my soda?
Shadow turns to him annoyed
Shadow: You're a grown man, get your own damn soda.
Kenny: Jerk!
Shadow sticks out his tongue at Kenny causing Jack to laugh, her laughter causes Shadow to laugh which in turn cause Kenny to laugh. Tom walks over, he stops shocked when he sees Jack laughing.
Tom (I haven't seen Jack laugh like that since her brother died!)
While he's standing there, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas walk over curious to what's going on
Cagalli: What's going on?
Shadow takes a breath and turns to her
Shadow: We're celebrating the completion of Nightwing's repairs.
Nick nods his head
Nick: Ok, so what's the jokes mate?
Kenny and Jack calm down too
Shadow: You need a reason to laugh?
Nick gives a short laugh
Nick: HAHA, good point.
He starts laughing some more, and pretty soon they all start laughing. Tom walks over to them; he looks at them suspiciously and asks
Tom: I heard you're Gundam was finish, so when are you planning on leaving?
Jack stops laughing immediately. Shadow and the others also stop laughing only more gradually. Shadow takes a moment to think about this, Jack has a shocked look on her face as if she never thought they’d leave.
Shadow: Well I guess we'll leave tonight.
He says slowly, Jack is even more shock, she turns to Shadow
Jack: To-Tonight so soon?
Kenny turns around and says
Kenny: Well yea, the shipping company that we used to Ship Nightwing back to Arianna we'll be here tonight, and we plan on hitching a ride with them back to Arianna.
Tom is surprised
Tom: Hitching a ride?
Cagalli answers
Cagalli: We don't have a car, and hitching a ride with the shipping company beats walking.
Tom nods his head, but Jack doesn't look too happy.
Jack: But still tonight, do you have to leave that soon? I mean you guys can still stay at my place; I've got plenty of room.
She says trying not to sound to desperate, everyone looks at her surprise, but Shadow just smiles at her.
Shadow: Sorry but we've got to go, my dream is calling and I got to go and get it.
Jack is sad and disappoint
Jack: Oh
Shadow starts to walk away
Shadow: Well, I want to take one last look around before we go so I'll see you around.
Although Jack is trying to hide it the look on her face implies that she does want him to go.
Jack: Wait!
Shadow stops and turns around surprised. Jack goes on
Jack: Aren't you going to ask me to join your Gundam Team again?
The camera turns to look over Jack's shoulder to see Tom waiting to see if Shadow will keep his word. The camera turns back to Shadow to show him smile
Shadow: Why, do you want to join my Gundam Team?
He asks curious
Jack: No, it's just I thought someone like you would bug me about it one more time before you left.
She's looking at him suspicious now, Shadow's eyes quickly glance at Tom. Tom is looking at the floor now. Shadow turns back to Jack before she notices his eye movement.
Shadow: The offer is still available; however I've simply decided that I'm no longer going to bother you if you really don't want to join.
Tom looks up surprise and grateful at the same time. Jack is a little down cast
Jack: Oh
Shadow turns and begins to walk away but he says over his shoulder
Shadow: If you ever want to join just let me know ok.
The scene ends with him walking away. The next scene opens over Junk City; we can see the raider's ship we saw at the beginning of the episode. It starts to head towards the highest Junk Mountain in the middle of the city. The camera cuts to what looks like a mine going into one of the Junk mountains.
They’re mining for Gundam parts; one of the miners is taking a break outside. He's sitting down on a metal cart turn upside down, he sees the ship heading towards the center Junk Pile and without turning around shouts.
Miner A: Hey guys!
The camera cuts again, this time we're at the housing district. We can see Van looking up at the ship and without turning around he shouts
Van: Hey Rick, can you think of any reason a ship would head towards Junk Mountain Gerodi?
Another mechanic (Rick) walks up next to him. Rick looks up too, and they both have uneasy looks on their face.
Rick: None that I know of, you know now that I think of it there's nowhere around Gerodi a ship can land.
Van: Maybe they're lost.
Van says this half-hopeful, but you can tell that he doesn't really believe that. Suddenly 3 trucks pull up, and the moment the trucks pull up the back opens up and about 20 guy's hop out the back of each truck for about 60 guys total. They are all carrying automatic weapons; Van turns to the other people in the street and shouts
Van: EVERYONE RUN, IT'S A RAID!
Everyone starts running for cover in the houses, they either go into the houses or in-between the houses, adults grab the children and start running like hell. Van and Rick dive for cover as the raiders start shooting. The camera cuts to the mine, this time almost all the Miners are outside, they're pointing towards the ship and are obviously nervous
Miner A: You don't think it's a raider's ship.
Miner B: During the off season, don't be stupid?
Miner C: Maybe they're lost?
Suddenly we hear gunfire and one of the Miners falls down dead. The miners all turn towards the top of the Junk Mountain to see raiders are coming down from the top of the mountain. The raiders start to open fire on the miners
Miner D: RAIDERS, EVERYONE GET INSIDE THE MINE!
The miners start running back into the mine for cover, two more of the miners fall down dead from gunshots. The camera cuts again, this time it seems to be another Warehouse. We see the words "Warehouse 8" come on the screen in the corner.
The camera zooms in on what looks like the person in charge of the Warehouse. He's talking to some other mechanics about work, when another mechanic runs to him. The mechanic is out of breath and a little panic
Mechanic A: Jay we just got a Raiders signal in two locations on the communication network!
Jay turns around at him shocked
Jay: What! Are you sure!
Mechanic A nods his head
Mechanic A: Positive.
Jay curses
Jay: Damn it; alright start getting together teams to drive out the raiders.
Suddenly what looks to be a fully repaired Gundam standing behind them explodes. Jay and all the other mechanics around the Gundam get thrown off their feet and hit the ground hard. People closer to the Gundam when it exploded get set flying as parts of the exploded Gundam get sent in every direction.
We hear several other explosions as more Gundams are destroyed. We switch to Jay's point of view, his vision is blurry and the sound is distorted. Someone is kneeing next to him, we can see him trying to say something but the sound is too distorted to understand. We switch to outside view to see Jay looking disorientated, he blinks and shakes his head, and then sound returns to normal, we can hear the mechanic clearly now
Mechanic B: Jay, JAY, JAY CAN YOU HEAR ME!
Jay starts to get up, he grumps in pain
Jay: Shut up, I'm fine, what's happing?
We can hear gunfire now and we can see people running away from the gunfire. The mechanic next to Jay looks very panicked.
Mechanic B: IT'S A RAID!
Mechanic B shouts to be over heard of all the noise. Jay is up on his legs now but he’s still a little shellshocked.
Jay: What, and stop shouting I can hear you fine!
Mechanic B: It's raiders they're attacking the Warehouse directly!
Jay: DAMN IT, gather as many people and weapons as you can and prepare to mount a defense!
The camera cuts back to Warehouse 24, we see Tom talking to someone, Jack's also with him when a mechanic runs up to him.
Mechanic A: Tom, we just got a raiders alert in two places.
Tom turns around startled
Tom: What a raid during the off season, are you positive?
Another mechanic just ran up
Mechanic B: We just go another alert only this time it's from a Warehouse.
There's a shocked silence after Mechanic B says this. They are all very surprise and scare by this news.
Tom: W-What.
Tom says wide eye
Jack: They attack a Warehouse directly, are they idiots!
Jack shouts angry but there's also fear in her voice. Tom begins to focus in on the matters at hand.
Tom: Are the Gundam pilots using their Gundam to fight against the raiders?
Mechanic B shakes his head
Mechanic B: Reports are still sketchy but from what we can get, they blew up the Gundams that were repair enough to be used against them?
This news is even more alarming.
Jack: All of them!
Tom answers that
Tom: It's the off season so there wouldn't be that many Gundam's in there to begin with and if they were only targeting ones that were repair enough to move, that would probably be only 10 or 15 Gundams they needed to destroy.
A sudden realization hits them, and a look of fear crosses all of their faces.
Tom: You two, close down the Warehouse, no one gets in or out, and if anyone looks unfamiliar and suspicious detain them!
He points and shouts to two of his mechanics, they nod their head and run off. Tom turns to Jack
Tom: Jack, I want you to get some people and start checking the Gundams that are completed or completed enough that it can move for explosives.
Jack nods her head
Jack: Right.
She runs off
Tom: Alright let's head to the commutation room and begin to organize backup parties for the areas under attack by the raiders.
Tom begins to run with Mechanic A and B behind him. Tom's got a determine look on his face, and he’s also calm acting and cool headed. The camera cuts back to Nightwing, Shadow and the others are just chilling as Jack comes running towards them. She looks scare. Kenny looks up from a computer terminal
Kenny: Hey, Jack wh
She cuts him off
Jack: Did anyone come near Nightwing since I left!
She rushes to Nightwing; Kenny is startle by her tone
Kenny: Um, No, I don't think
Jack climbs up Nightwing and begins checking it personally. She cuts him off again and snaps
Jack: You think or you know!
Now everyone is looking at her surprise, suspicious and concern
Shadow: No one has come near Nightwing since you left.
Shadow says in a firm voice, Nick, Cagalli, and Roxas also walk over
Nick: What's going on mate?
They all wait for an answer, Jack breathing hard from running and panicking realizes she's made a scene. She takes a deep breath to calm herself down; she hops down from the Gundam and says somewhat calmly
Jack: Nothing is the matter, sorry to bother you.
No one believes her, Jack goes to walk away but Cagalli blocks her path
Cagalli: No one comes in and makes that big of deal for nothing!
Jack doesn't answer, she tries to go around but Cagalli keeps blocking her. Nick comes up from behind.
Nick: Come on mate; just tell us what's up.
Jack snaps
Jack: Look it's none of your damn business so back off!
Jack goes to break through again, but Shadow grabs her shoulder and keeps her from leaving. She turns around to face him
Shadow: Wait a minute; it becomes my business when my Gundam is threatened so out with it what's up?
Jack hesitates still, Cagalli adds
Cagalli: Jack we can't help you if you don't tell us what's going on.
Jack finally reluctantly says
Jack: Alright follow me.
She takes off all the others follow. Another mechanic comes up to her
Mechanic C: Jack, we just finish checking all the completed Gundams for explosives and we couldn't find anything.
Jack nods her head and sighs with relief
Jack: Good, alright head over and help with the organization of the defense teams.
Mechanic C nods his head and goes away. Cagalli and Kenny are looking a little worry now
Cagalli: Explosives, why would you be checking the Gundams for explosives?
She says concern and worried
Jack: We're currently under attack from raiders, and they attacked one of the Warehouses by placing explosives in completed Gundams.
Nick thinking very carefully asks
Nick: How can you be sure?
Kenny answers this
Kenny: They used their communication network, do you know that the communication network in Junk City is one of biggest and advance in the world? Almost every citizen in Junk City carries around some kind of self-made communication device that is hook up to the overall network so that if they need help at any time they can call someone.
Jack and Cagalli look surprise
Jack: Yea, that's right but how do you know about it?
Kenny answers without hesitation
Kenny: Internet.
Cagalli rolls her eyes. Shadow already focusing on the battle asks
Shadow: How many places are they attacking?
Jack focusing back on the matter at hand
Jack: Three, One in a housing district, one at a mine, and another is attacking a Warehouse directly.
Nick nods his head in understanding
Nick: That explains why the mechanics are on edge. The Warehouse is like Junk City's military base, if it gets attack nowhere is safe.
Jack nods her head
Cagalli: I don't get it, why are they attacking?
Shadow answers in a matter of fact voice
Shadow: They're raiders; they came here to steal Gundam parts.
Cagalli doesn't get it
Cagalli: Gundam parts?
Kenny explains
Kenny: Gundam parts can sell for a lot of money on the black-market but all the parts in Junk City belong to the citizens of Junk City.
Shadow: They're basically just thieves, stealing parts is their primary goal; anyone who gets kill is just collateral damage.
Jack: Normally it's not that much of a problem because we can just ask a couple of high rank Gundam teams to give us a hand but it's the off-season now.
Cagalli starting to feel like the idiot of the group asks
Cagalli: Off-season?
Jack looks at her a moment surprise she doesn't know
Jack: Off-season is the time of year when we don't get shipments of broken down Gundams and other equipment and we're starting to run low on parts, so most teams choose not to come here because it takes us longer to fix the Gundams because we have to make missing parts from scratch. But it's never been a problem because what kind of thief tries to rob a bank with almost no money in it.
They walk to what looks like the communication center. It's in one of the corners of the Warehouse, and there is a huge monitor on one wall as well as a bunch of computers that three people are using. Tom is reading the computer screen over one of their shoulders when Jack and the others walk in. Tom looks up and becomes very annoyed to see Shadow. He turns to Jack and says
Tom: Why did you bring them here!
Jack doesn't like being yelled at
Jack: Don't yell at me they wouldn't leave me alone until I told them.
Shadow is annoyed by this treatment
Shadow: Hey we are a Gundam team you know.
Tom snaps back
Tom: With only one Gundam and no experience!
Cagalli's pride is insulted a little
Cagalli: Well actually I have military experience.
Tom does not believe her
Tom: HA yea right, playing battle ship or chess doesn't count little girl.
Cagalli very insulted now goes to say something else but Tom speaks first
Tom: Now all of you shut up and stay out of our way!
His shouting manages to shut them up. Nick and Roxas are slightly annoyed by Tom's rudeness, Kenny is intimated by Tom, Shadow is tick off but managing to keep his cool and Cagalli is fuming on the inside but also manages to keep it under control. Mechanic A (one of the people working on the computer) turns his head towards Tom and shouts
Mechanic A: Tom we finally found the raider's ship, it's over top of Gerodi.
Tom and Jack are trouble by this. Tom shouts
Tom: Put it up on main monitor.
Jack: Why would they be over top of Gerodi?
She says aloud to no one in particular. The main monitor flashes, and then the raider’s ship comes up over top of Gerodi. Judging from the camera angle we can assume the camera is on the Junk mountain next to Gerodi. Tom is still uneasy
Tom: Have any of the other Warehouses tried to make contact yet?
Mechanic B laughs
Mechanic B: Yea right, the raiders actually listening to us that will be the day.
The camera cuts to inside the raider’s ship to what looks like the command room. We can see the raider’s Boss sitting in the center chair. He's drinking a Martine, Hunter walks up to him.
Hunter: Sir all teams have begun there operations.
Boss nods his head
Boss: Good have any problems arisen?
Hunter shakes his head
Hunter: None that I am aware of Sir.
Boss smiles and takes another sip of his drink
Boss: Excellent than let us begin our operation.
The camera cuts back outside suddenly we see the bottom of the raider's ship open and a big black ball attach to what looks like a steal cable; get lower down on to Gerodi. It stops just above it not quite touching the junk mountain.
The metal junk parts that make up the junk mountain start to wiggle at first, then they move towards the black ball and get attach to it, more and more broken parts and Gundams are being pulled towards it making the ball bigger and bigger as the magnet works its powers.
The camera cuts back into the Warehouse communication center to show the mechanics faces are in deep shocked, Shadow and the others faces are mildly interested.
Tom: Contacted the raider's ship immediately!
Tom is clearly panicked, Shadow and the others look at him confused. The camera cuts again into the raider's ship, Hunter now sitting at a computer terminal in front of the Boss turns his head around and says
Hunter: Sir one of the Warehouses is trying to contact us.
The Boss turns to him with an evil smile on his face
Boss: Calling to beg for mercy no doubt put them on.
The main screen flashes and Tom's face comes on
Boss: Calling to beg for mercy so soon, I thought you mechanics would put up much more of a fight.
The camera cuts to Tom's side; he's clearly tick off by the comment by the way he's clenching his fist but he holds it together.
Tom: No we haven't lost this fight yet, but I have call to ask that you stop taking parts off of Gerodi.
The camera cuts back to the Raiders ship to shoe the Boss is a little confused.
Boss: Gerodi?
The camera cuts back to Warehouse, Tom is really pissed now and is using every ounce of self-control to not curse the Boss raider out and punch the monitor.
Tom: The Junk Mountain you're currently stealing parts from.
The camera cuts back to the raider's ship
Boss: Oh
The Boss smiles an arrogant smile
Boss: And why would I do that?
The camera cuts back to Tom
Tom: You see Junk Mountains are very sensitive, if you move the wrong thing from them or move something incorrectly the whole mountain can collapse and Gerodi is the biggest and most unstable Junk Mountain in all of Junk City.
While he's been talking a second monitor has been showing the magnet get completely cover in parts and become 4 times the size it started out as, then it is lifted back up into the ship. The Boss is starting to get bored
Boss: And I care why?
Tom begins to plead
Tom: Because Gerodi is right in front of our S-generator, if it collapses on it Junk City will be without power for months maybe longer.
Boss is unmoved
Boss: Once again why should I care?
The magnet is drop again, all the parts and Junk attach to it have been removed, and it starts the process again. Tom is getting desperate
Tom: Please without power the few hospitals we have won't work, we won't be able to do our jobs; we won't be able to keep food fresh; you'll be destroying Junk City and ruining hundreds of lives! You can take parts from another Junk Mountain so please, please stop what you're doing!
Tom begs, the boss doesn't respond for a moment giving them hope, and then he smiles an evil smile and says.
Boss: No, at best this city can be described as a landfill, trust me when I say people would thank me if I destroyed it, so goodbye.
He cuts the communication; Tom is at first shocked, then very angrily
Tom: THAT HEARTLESS DAMN BASTERD!
He punches the wall, he turns to mechanic A
Tom: Is there anything we can do to bring that ship down!
Mechanic A shakes his head
Mechanic A: We don't have the weaponry to bring down a ship.
Mechanic B adds
Mechanic B: I just finish checking with the other Warehouse and the news is bad, no Gundam Team is going to help us, they're all to scare or don’t care.
Jack who looks piss now shouts
Jack: Those DAMN COWARDS!
There's a moment of silence as the mechanics try to figure out what to do and Shadow takes this moment to step forward.
Shadow: Um, in case you guys forgot I am part of a Gundam Team and willing to help.
Tom looks at Shadow hesitantly, but Jack answers immediately
Jack: With only one Gundam?
Shadow goes to argue
Shadow: How many Gundams does it take to bring down a ship?
He says this to Tom, Tom is starting to waver. Jack sees this and gets pissed
Jack: Don't be stupid Tom, his Gundam doesn't even have flight capabilities, there's no way he could even reach the ship!
Mechanic B thinking out loud
Mechanic B: We could loan him a beam rifle, then it doesn't matter how far away he is he can just shoot them down.
Jack turns to glare at mechanic B who cowards under her gaze. Tom has made up his mind
Tom: Alright go get his Gundam set up and you get ready to suit up. There's a spare pilot suit over there.
He looks at mechanic B when he says "Go get his Gundam", mechanic B dying to get out of there jumps up and takes off, and then he looks to Shadow when he says "you get ready" and points to a side closet by the communication terminal. Shadow punches the air
Shadow: Yes!
Shadow walks over to the side closet and grabs a pilot suit. Jack is very pissed now, and she starts to chase after Tom.
Jack: Are you out of your mind Tom, we don't know what kind defenses that ship has. It's way too dangerous for Shadow to go by himself.
Tom snaps
Tom: Look we don't have a choice!
Jack shouts back
Jack: He's a rookie pilot he'll be killed if you send him out there!
Shadow is a little offended
Shadow: Hey just because I don't have that much experience doesn't mean I'm a rookie.
Shadow says this in a joking kind of way with his normal smile on. Jack very pissed off now snaps at him.
Jack: This isn't the time for jokes!
Her anger and shouting surprises Shadow. Jack goes on to say
Jack: If you go out there you'll be heading to your death!
Jack takes a breath to calm herself down.
Jack: Look there's no point in you going out and committing suicidal, we appreciate your offer to help but we'll be fine on our own, so just go.
Jack is beginning to sound desperate. Shadow doesn't move his face is hard to read, Jack gets hysterical
Jack: I SAID GO, GET OUT OF HERE, what don't you understand!
Shadow puts a hand on Jack's shoulder. Jack’s red eyes are open wide as Shadow looks her straight in the eye
Shadow: Sorry Jack.
When Shadow says "Sorry Jack", we should hear an echo of Mark's voice saying the same thing.
Shadow: But I can't stand by and do nothing while this city is under attack.
Shadow goes to walk away, Jack is once again on the verge of tears, and we start seeing flashes of Mark running off in the rain to his death.
Jack: Damn it why, why do you people risk your life to save this stupid excused of a landfill, its better off just disappearing!
Her statement shocks everyone except Shadow, and Tom
Tom (Jack.)
He thinks with pity, Shadow turns around and punches Jack in the face shocking everyone. Jack falls to the ground hard.
Cagalli: Shadow what the hell do you think you're doing!
Shadow ignores Cagalli and says to Jack
Shadow: Don't you ever call Junk City that!
Jack and Tom are even more shocked now
Shadow: Junk City is a lot more important than people realize. If a Gundam's life came be describe as a circle, then this city is the beginning and ending point of a Gundam's circle. This is the place where Gundam's come to die, this is also the place where Gundams are born, a place where old broken down Gundam's are brought here to be reborn into new more powerful Gundam's and if this place were to disappear then it would be like someone taking a piece out of the circle making it incomplete and I am sure that this disaster would be felt by all the world. That's why as long as I live I can't let this city be destroyed.
While he's been talking we've been seeing flashbacks of Mark saying the same thing, Jack is in deep shocked and so is Tom.
Tom (Th-th-That's impossible I never told him exactly what Mark said, could this guy be…)
He's staring at Shadow intensely, and for a moment he sees Mark instead of Shadow. Shadow turns to face the others, his words have inspire them.
Shadow: Guys line up!
Kenny, Nick, Cagalli, Roxas get closer to him
Shadow: I Shadow Zoomarey am declaring that protecting Junk City is our first official Mission as an official Gundam Team. Agree?
Nick nods his head
Nick: A true gentleman doesn't turn his back when others are in trouble.
Kenny eagerly says
Kenny: Agree!
Roxas gets up and stretches
Roxas: That Raider Boss smug smile pisses me off, so let's kick his ass.
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: I agree with Roxas, we should help anyway we can.
Shadow pacing nods his
Shadow: Great, since we're all in agreement let's get started. Since I'm the only one with a Gundam I'll deal with the raider's ship, Nick you head to the other Warehouse.
Nick nods his head
Nick: Right
He turns around and walks away, Shadow turns to Roxas
Shadow: Roxas you take the mine.
Roxas smiles excited
Roxas: Sweet, I get to try out my cave animal imitations.
She gets back down on all fours and takes off fast, Shadow turns to Cagalli
Shadow: That just leaves the housing district for you.
Cagalli is shocked and scare
Cagalli: Wait you want me to go to the housing district full of raider's with machine guns by myself!
Tom steps up
Tom: Don't worry there should already be mechanics there trying to fight the raiders. All you have to do is go there and ask them what they need. All the Warehouses are sending backup teams to the areas under attack we just need more time to get them organize but the people already over there could use a hand.
Cagalli is still hesitate, Shadow smiles at her
Shadow: What's the matter princess never been to the frontlines before?
That pisses Cagalli off
Cagalli: As a matter of fact I have!
Shadow: Good then you should have no problem going there this time.
He says with a gloating smile, which pisses off Cagalli even more
Cagalli: Fine I will!
She turns around and marches off, Kenny walks over to the computer mechanic B was using
Kenny: I'll stay and help out here.
Shadow nods his head
Shadow: Alright I'm heading to Nightwing; contact me if anything else happens.
One of the trucks use to move Gundam parts pulls up next to them. Tom turns to Shadow
Tom: You take the truck back to your Gundam and I'll stay here and act as your tech support.
Shadow nods his head
Shadow: Alright
Shadow hops onto the back of the truck, as the truck begins to move Shadow changes into his pilot’s suit. The scene cuts to Nightwing it's been move to the front of the Warehouse. We see Nightwing get handed a beam rifle and a shield as the truck pulls right up next to it.
The moment the truck stops Shadow jumps out of it and walks around to the front of Nightwing, he's got his pilot suit on except the helmet. Mechanic B is waiting for him on a lift. The moment Shadow hops on the lift Mechanic B flips the switch and the lift begins to move up. Shadow turns to him, he's got a big excited smile on his face, he holds out his clothes.
Shadow: Hey, do you mind watching my clothes.
Mechanic B: Um, sure.
The lift reaches the cockpit door
Shadow: Great Thanks.
Shadow hits a few buttons on his Neon gauntlet, the cockpit door opens. He puts on his helmet and jumps in, the door closes behind him as he gets to the center of the cockpit in the sunken floor and shouts
Shadow: Nightwing begin Launching Sequence.
We cut outside Nightwing for a second to see its eyes flash
Nightwing: Launching Sequence engage.
Nightwing: Activating S-generator.
The camera cuts into a metal room to show a crystal or something like it in the center. We see a bolt of eclectically hit it, creating a large boom, and then a mini sun appears. We cut back to Shadow.
Nightwing: Activating NS System
We see the black fog being released; it hits Shadow's legs and begins to enter the suit, we see the red lines appear, starting from his feet. The red lines go up and spread across his body, the camera circles around Shadow so we can see this better, this time Shadow doesn't yell in pain but he does grit his teeth and tense his muscles. When the lines spread across his helmet they disappear.
Nightwing: Activating Zero gravity
The Zero gravity bubble appears around Shadow again, he floats a couple of inches in the air.
Nightwing: All system check, all systems ready to go on pilot’s command.
Shadow takes a deep breath he closes his eyes to concentrate
Shadow (Alright got to remember, I am Nightwing, I am Nightwing, I AM NIGHTWING!)
Shadow's eyes pop open
Shadow: Shadow Zoomarey in Nightwing launching!
We cut back outside Nightwing to see the mechanics scrambling around to get out of his way. Mechanic B shouts
Mechanic B: Get those hanger doors open!
The Gundam size hanger doors begin to open slowly. The camera turns around to face Nightwing and because the sun is now center in the middle of the sky it gives off a shining effect. Nightwing walks out of the Warehouse, we cut back inside the cockpit to see Shadow grinning full of excitement.
Shadow: Alright Nightwing it’s time to save a city!
Nightwing eyes flash again, the episode ends with it bursting out of the Warehouse at top speeds.
The episode opens up showing a raider's ship. We cut into the captain’s room to see a person sitting in a chair in front of a desk. He's got his chair turn around so that the back is facing the desk and he's looking out the window, while smoking. The smoke and the dim lighting make it hard to see physical details. We hear a knock on the door the man behind the desk speaks without turning around
Boss: Come in Hunter.
The door opens and a person enters and nods his head slightly
Hunter: Sir, I've come to give you a progress report.
The Boss doesn't turn around
Boss: Go on.
Hunter: Yes Sir, Teams A, B, and C are in positions and are ready to go, final checks on the ship have been completed and all systems are a go.
Hunter hesitates then decides to go on
Hunter: Sir I have to know why you decide to raid Junk City now, they haven't received any new parts, nor have I received reports of them operating on any valuable Gundam.
The Boss interrupts him, his tone suggest he's annoyed by the question
Boss: So you want to know why I'm wasting my time robbing a place that doesn't have anything valuable in it.
Hunter realizes he might have anger the boss by his question
Hunter: I-I-I yo-you d-don't mind Sir.
He stutters, the Boss turns around to face him
Boss: You see that's why I'm the boss Hunter, you don't think things out. You see if we came back when Junk City just got a fresh shipment of new parts they would be overcrowd with powerful Gundam teams, but by raiding during the off season, there are no powerful Gundams. We check the charts and currently there's not a single team above E rank in there city. True we won't get as good a haul as we would when they got new parts but we'll still get something plus we wouldn't have to worry about paying some Gundam fighters to protect the ship.
Hunter nods his head eagerly
Hunter: That's a brilliant idea Sir.
Boss: Of course, that's why I'm the boss and you're the lackey.
He says in an arrogant tone, he gets up
Boss: Now prepare the ship to take off and to attack Junk City!
He shouts. The scene cuts back to the Warehouse where we see Roxas, Nick, and Shadow leaning against the wall. Cagalli is in front of Nick facing him.
Cagalli: Wait, are you saying they never caught the guy!
Cagalli shouts shocked. Nick nods his head
Nick: That's what I heard when I asked around if they ever caught the guy who sabotaged the S-generator.
Cagalli backs down
Cagalli: W-what should we say to Jack?
She asks uncertain
Shadow: Nothing.
Shadow says calmly. Cagalli turns towards him surprised
Cagalli: Nothing?
Nick: The worst thing we could do is try to comfort her mate; I'm sure that more than enough people have given her plenty of pity and it's most likely gotten to the point where she's sick of it.
Cagalli is still uncertain
Cagalli: But still
Roxas cuts in
Roxas: Look Cagalli I know how you feel but in all honestly we aren't that close to Jack. I mean we just met her a couple of days ago, and no matter how much you might want to you can't comfort someone who lost a relative you don't know well, besides too much time has passed.
Cagalli looks down defeated
Cagalli: So we just act as if nothing happen, then what was the point of finding out about it in the first place?
Nick and Roxas look away not sure on how to answer that. Shadow looks up and gets off the wall and begins to walk towards Nightwing as he passes Cagalli he says
Shadow: The point of it was to understand Jack better, and understanding someone different from yourself better is never a waste of time or a bad thing in my opinion.
Shadow continues walking towards Nightwing leaving a surprise Cagalli, Nick and Roxas. The camera moves to Jack, she jumps down from Nightwing sighs, wipes some sweat from her forehead, then takes a step back to admire her work.
Jack: Well not a bad job if I say so myself.
Shadow walks up behind her and smiles as he says
Shadow: So I take it you're finish?
Jack turns around a little surprise
Jack: Yup, your Gundam is good to go.
Shadow corrects her
Shadow: Nightwing is good to go.
Jack sighs
Jack: Whatever.
Shadow smiles again
Shadow: Here catch.
He tosses her a soda, she catches out of reflex
Jack: Huh, what's this for?
Shadow smile widens
Shadow: A good job done deserves a nice cold drink reward.
Jack eyes widen and for a moment Shadow's face blurs and is replace by Mark. We can hear Mark's voice overlap with Shadow's saying the same thing, but just as quickly the image disappears. Shadow frowns as he also opens a can of soda.
Shadow: You know I wouldn't mind a thank you.
Jack shakes her head
Jack: Thanks but, we're not allowed to take gifts from clients.
She says hesitantly, she then reluctantly holds the soda out for Shadow to take back. Shadow just looks at it for a moment surprised, and then he smiles and says
Shadow: Well in that case consider it a gift from Tom, since I used his tab to pay for it.
Jack just looks at him shocked for a moment than burst out laughing. This kind of laughter full of joy hasn't been release from Jack for a long time. She pulls her hand back then opens the can of the soda as she says
Jack: HAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA, well in that case I would be more than happy to accept Tom's gift, but just tell me what flowers to send to your grave because when Tom finds out he's going to beat your ass silly.
She continues laughing, Shadow breaks out laughing too
Shadow: HAHAHHAHHA, then let's have a toast to me never getting caught!
He holds up his soda, Jack smiles at him then takes her soda and hits his soda with it.
Jack: And to your Gun….
Shadow interrupts
Shadow: Nightwing.
Jack rolls her eyes
Jack: To Nightwing’s repairs and upgrades being finish.
Shadow: Cheers.
They take their drinks back and begin to drink. Kenny comes down from Nightwing
Kenny: Hey Shadow, I just finish upgrading Nightwing's programming so where's my soda?
Shadow turns to him annoyed
Shadow: You're a grown man, get your own damn soda.
Kenny: Jerk!
Shadow sticks out his tongue at Kenny causing Jack to laugh, her laughter causes Shadow to laugh which in turn cause Kenny to laugh. Tom walks over, he stops shocked when he sees Jack laughing.
Tom (I haven't seen Jack laugh like that since her brother died!)
While he's standing there, Cagalli, Nick, and Roxas walk over curious to what's going on
Cagalli: What's going on?
Shadow takes a breath and turns to her
Shadow: We're celebrating the completion of Nightwing's repairs.
Nick nods his head
Nick: Ok, so what's the jokes mate?
Kenny and Jack calm down too
Shadow: You need a reason to laugh?
Nick gives a short laugh
Nick: HAHA, good point.
He starts laughing some more, and pretty soon they all start laughing. Tom walks over to them; he looks at them suspiciously and asks
Tom: I heard you're Gundam was finish, so when are you planning on leaving?
Jack stops laughing immediately. Shadow and the others also stop laughing only more gradually. Shadow takes a moment to think about this, Jack has a shocked look on her face as if she never thought they’d leave.
Shadow: Well I guess we'll leave tonight.
He says slowly, Jack is even more shock, she turns to Shadow
Jack: To-Tonight so soon?
Kenny turns around and says
Kenny: Well yea, the shipping company that we used to Ship Nightwing back to Arianna we'll be here tonight, and we plan on hitching a ride with them back to Arianna.
Tom is surprised
Tom: Hitching a ride?
Cagalli answers
Cagalli: We don't have a car, and hitching a ride with the shipping company beats walking.
Tom nods his head, but Jack doesn't look too happy.
Jack: But still tonight, do you have to leave that soon? I mean you guys can still stay at my place; I've got plenty of room.
She says trying not to sound to desperate, everyone looks at her surprise, but Shadow just smiles at her.
Shadow: Sorry but we've got to go, my dream is calling and I got to go and get it.
Jack is sad and disappoint
Jack: Oh
Shadow starts to walk away
Shadow: Well, I want to take one last look around before we go so I'll see you around.
Although Jack is trying to hide it the look on her face implies that she does want him to go.
Jack: Wait!
Shadow stops and turns around surprised. Jack goes on
Jack: Aren't you going to ask me to join your Gundam Team again?
The camera turns to look over Jack's shoulder to see Tom waiting to see if Shadow will keep his word. The camera turns back to Shadow to show him smile
Shadow: Why, do you want to join my Gundam Team?
He asks curious
Jack: No, it's just I thought someone like you would bug me about it one more time before you left.
She's looking at him suspicious now, Shadow's eyes quickly glance at Tom. Tom is looking at the floor now. Shadow turns back to Jack before she notices his eye movement.
Shadow: The offer is still available; however I've simply decided that I'm no longer going to bother you if you really don't want to join.
Tom looks up surprise and grateful at the same time. Jack is a little down cast
Jack: Oh
Shadow turns and begins to walk away but he says over his shoulder
Shadow: If you ever want to join just let me know ok.
The scene ends with him walking away. The next scene opens over Junk City; we can see the raider's ship we saw at the beginning of the episode. It starts to head towards the highest Junk Mountain in the middle of the city. The camera cuts to what looks like a mine going into one of the Junk mountains.
They’re mining for Gundam parts; one of the miners is taking a break outside. He's sitting down on a metal cart turn upside down, he sees the ship heading towards the center Junk Pile and without turning around shouts.
Miner A: Hey guys!
The camera cuts again, this time we're at the housing district. We can see Van looking up at the ship and without turning around he shouts
Van: Hey Rick, can you think of any reason a ship would head towards Junk Mountain Gerodi?
Another mechanic (Rick) walks up next to him. Rick looks up too, and they both have uneasy looks on their face.
Rick: None that I know of, you know now that I think of it there's nowhere around Gerodi a ship can land.
Van: Maybe they're lost.
Van says this half-hopeful, but you can tell that he doesn't really believe that. Suddenly 3 trucks pull up, and the moment the trucks pull up the back opens up and about 20 guy's hop out the back of each truck for about 60 guys total. They are all carrying automatic weapons; Van turns to the other people in the street and shouts
Van: EVERYONE RUN, IT'S A RAID!
Everyone starts running for cover in the houses, they either go into the houses or in-between the houses, adults grab the children and start running like hell. Van and Rick dive for cover as the raiders start shooting. The camera cuts to the mine, this time almost all the Miners are outside, they're pointing towards the ship and are obviously nervous
Miner A: You don't think it's a raider's ship.
Miner B: During the off season, don't be stupid?
Miner C: Maybe they're lost?
Suddenly we hear gunfire and one of the Miners falls down dead. The miners all turn towards the top of the Junk Mountain to see raiders are coming down from the top of the mountain. The raiders start to open fire on the miners
Miner D: RAIDERS, EVERYONE GET INSIDE THE MINE!
The miners start running back into the mine for cover, two more of the miners fall down dead from gunshots. The camera cuts again, this time it seems to be another Warehouse. We see the words "Warehouse 8" come on the screen in the corner.
The camera zooms in on what looks like the person in charge of the Warehouse. He's talking to some other mechanics about work, when another mechanic runs to him. The mechanic is out of breath and a little panic
Mechanic A: Jay we just got a Raiders signal in two locations on the communication network!
Jay turns around at him shocked
Jay: What! Are you sure!
Mechanic A nods his head
Mechanic A: Positive.
Jay curses
Jay: Damn it; alright start getting together teams to drive out the raiders.
Suddenly what looks to be a fully repaired Gundam standing behind them explodes. Jay and all the other mechanics around the Gundam get thrown off their feet and hit the ground hard. People closer to the Gundam when it exploded get set flying as parts of the exploded Gundam get sent in every direction.
We hear several other explosions as more Gundams are destroyed. We switch to Jay's point of view, his vision is blurry and the sound is distorted. Someone is kneeing next to him, we can see him trying to say something but the sound is too distorted to understand. We switch to outside view to see Jay looking disorientated, he blinks and shakes his head, and then sound returns to normal, we can hear the mechanic clearly now
Mechanic B: Jay, JAY, JAY CAN YOU HEAR ME!
Jay starts to get up, he grumps in pain
Jay: Shut up, I'm fine, what's happing?
We can hear gunfire now and we can see people running away from the gunfire. The mechanic next to Jay looks very panicked.
Mechanic B: IT'S A RAID!
Mechanic B shouts to be over heard of all the noise. Jay is up on his legs now but he’s still a little shellshocked.
Jay: What, and stop shouting I can hear you fine!
Mechanic B: It's raiders they're attacking the Warehouse directly!
Jay: DAMN IT, gather as many people and weapons as you can and prepare to mount a defense!
The camera cuts back to Warehouse 24, we see Tom talking to someone, Jack's also with him when a mechanic runs up to him.
Mechanic A: Tom, we just got a raiders alert in two places.
Tom turns around startled
Tom: What a raid during the off season, are you positive?
Another mechanic just ran up
Mechanic B: We just go another alert only this time it's from a Warehouse.
There's a shocked silence after Mechanic B says this. They are all very surprise and scare by this news.
Tom: W-What.
Tom says wide eye
Jack: They attack a Warehouse directly, are they idiots!
Jack shouts angry but there's also fear in her voice. Tom begins to focus in on the matters at hand.
Tom: Are the Gundam pilots using their Gundam to fight against the raiders?
Mechanic B shakes his head
Mechanic B: Reports are still sketchy but from what we can get, they blew up the Gundams that were repair enough to be used against them?
This news is even more alarming.
Jack: All of them!
Tom answers that
Tom: It's the off season so there wouldn't be that many Gundam's in there to begin with and if they were only targeting ones that were repair enough to move, that would probably be only 10 or 15 Gundams they needed to destroy.
A sudden realization hits them, and a look of fear crosses all of their faces.
Tom: You two, close down the Warehouse, no one gets in or out, and if anyone looks unfamiliar and suspicious detain them!
He points and shouts to two of his mechanics, they nod their head and run off. Tom turns to Jack
Tom: Jack, I want you to get some people and start checking the Gundams that are completed or completed enough that it can move for explosives.
Jack nods her head
Jack: Right.
She runs off
Tom: Alright let's head to the commutation room and begin to organize backup parties for the areas under attack by the raiders.
Tom begins to run with Mechanic A and B behind him. Tom's got a determine look on his face, and he’s also calm acting and cool headed. The camera cuts back to Nightwing, Shadow and the others are just chilling as Jack comes running towards them. She looks scare. Kenny looks up from a computer terminal
Kenny: Hey, Jack wh
She cuts him off
Jack: Did anyone come near Nightwing since I left!
She rushes to Nightwing; Kenny is startle by her tone
Kenny: Um, No, I don't think
Jack climbs up Nightwing and begins checking it personally. She cuts him off again and snaps
Jack: You think or you know!
Now everyone is looking at her surprise, suspicious and concern
Shadow: No one has come near Nightwing since you left.
Shadow says in a firm voice, Nick, Cagalli, and Roxas also walk over
Nick: What's going on mate?
They all wait for an answer, Jack breathing hard from running and panicking realizes she's made a scene. She takes a deep breath to calm herself down; she hops down from the Gundam and says somewhat calmly
Jack: Nothing is the matter, sorry to bother you.
No one believes her, Jack goes to walk away but Cagalli blocks her path
Cagalli: No one comes in and makes that big of deal for nothing!
Jack doesn't answer, she tries to go around but Cagalli keeps blocking her. Nick comes up from behind.
Nick: Come on mate; just tell us what's up.
Jack snaps
Jack: Look it's none of your damn business so back off!
Jack goes to break through again, but Shadow grabs her shoulder and keeps her from leaving. She turns around to face him
Shadow: Wait a minute; it becomes my business when my Gundam is threatened so out with it what's up?
Jack hesitates still, Cagalli adds
Cagalli: Jack we can't help you if you don't tell us what's going on.
Jack finally reluctantly says
Jack: Alright follow me.
She takes off all the others follow. Another mechanic comes up to her
Mechanic C: Jack, we just finish checking all the completed Gundams for explosives and we couldn't find anything.
Jack nods her head and sighs with relief
Jack: Good, alright head over and help with the organization of the defense teams.
Mechanic C nods his head and goes away. Cagalli and Kenny are looking a little worry now
Cagalli: Explosives, why would you be checking the Gundams for explosives?
She says concern and worried
Jack: We're currently under attack from raiders, and they attacked one of the Warehouses by placing explosives in completed Gundams.
Nick thinking very carefully asks
Nick: How can you be sure?
Kenny answers this
Kenny: They used their communication network, do you know that the communication network in Junk City is one of biggest and advance in the world? Almost every citizen in Junk City carries around some kind of self-made communication device that is hook up to the overall network so that if they need help at any time they can call someone.
Jack and Cagalli look surprise
Jack: Yea, that's right but how do you know about it?
Kenny answers without hesitation
Kenny: Internet.
Cagalli rolls her eyes. Shadow already focusing on the battle asks
Shadow: How many places are they attacking?
Jack focusing back on the matter at hand
Jack: Three, One in a housing district, one at a mine, and another is attacking a Warehouse directly.
Nick nods his head in understanding
Nick: That explains why the mechanics are on edge. The Warehouse is like Junk City's military base, if it gets attack nowhere is safe.
Jack nods her head
Cagalli: I don't get it, why are they attacking?
Shadow answers in a matter of fact voice
Shadow: They're raiders; they came here to steal Gundam parts.
Cagalli doesn't get it
Cagalli: Gundam parts?
Kenny explains
Kenny: Gundam parts can sell for a lot of money on the black-market but all the parts in Junk City belong to the citizens of Junk City.
Shadow: They're basically just thieves, stealing parts is their primary goal; anyone who gets kill is just collateral damage.
Jack: Normally it's not that much of a problem because we can just ask a couple of high rank Gundam teams to give us a hand but it's the off-season now.
Cagalli starting to feel like the idiot of the group asks
Cagalli: Off-season?
Jack looks at her a moment surprise she doesn't know
Jack: Off-season is the time of year when we don't get shipments of broken down Gundams and other equipment and we're starting to run low on parts, so most teams choose not to come here because it takes us longer to fix the Gundams because we have to make missing parts from scratch. But it's never been a problem because what kind of thief tries to rob a bank with almost no money in it.
They walk to what looks like the communication center. It's in one of the corners of the Warehouse, and there is a huge monitor on one wall as well as a bunch of computers that three people are using. Tom is reading the computer screen over one of their shoulders when Jack and the others walk in. Tom looks up and becomes very annoyed to see Shadow. He turns to Jack and says
Tom: Why did you bring them here!
Jack doesn't like being yelled at
Jack: Don't yell at me they wouldn't leave me alone until I told them.
Shadow is annoyed by this treatment
Shadow: Hey we are a Gundam team you know.
Tom snaps back
Tom: With only one Gundam and no experience!
Cagalli's pride is insulted a little
Cagalli: Well actually I have military experience.
Tom does not believe her
Tom: HA yea right, playing battle ship or chess doesn't count little girl.
Cagalli very insulted now goes to say something else but Tom speaks first
Tom: Now all of you shut up and stay out of our way!
His shouting manages to shut them up. Nick and Roxas are slightly annoyed by Tom's rudeness, Kenny is intimated by Tom, Shadow is tick off but managing to keep his cool and Cagalli is fuming on the inside but also manages to keep it under control. Mechanic A (one of the people working on the computer) turns his head towards Tom and shouts
Mechanic A: Tom we finally found the raider's ship, it's over top of Gerodi.
Tom and Jack are trouble by this. Tom shouts
Tom: Put it up on main monitor.
Jack: Why would they be over top of Gerodi?
She says aloud to no one in particular. The main monitor flashes, and then the raider’s ship comes up over top of Gerodi. Judging from the camera angle we can assume the camera is on the Junk mountain next to Gerodi. Tom is still uneasy
Tom: Have any of the other Warehouses tried to make contact yet?
Mechanic B laughs
Mechanic B: Yea right, the raiders actually listening to us that will be the day.
The camera cuts to inside the raider’s ship to what looks like the command room. We can see the raider’s Boss sitting in the center chair. He's drinking a Martine, Hunter walks up to him.
Hunter: Sir all teams have begun there operations.
Boss nods his head
Boss: Good have any problems arisen?
Hunter shakes his head
Hunter: None that I am aware of Sir.
Boss smiles and takes another sip of his drink
Boss: Excellent than let us begin our operation.
The camera cuts back outside suddenly we see the bottom of the raider's ship open and a big black ball attach to what looks like a steal cable; get lower down on to Gerodi. It stops just above it not quite touching the junk mountain.
The metal junk parts that make up the junk mountain start to wiggle at first, then they move towards the black ball and get attach to it, more and more broken parts and Gundams are being pulled towards it making the ball bigger and bigger as the magnet works its powers.
The camera cuts back into the Warehouse communication center to show the mechanics faces are in deep shocked, Shadow and the others faces are mildly interested.
Tom: Contacted the raider's ship immediately!
Tom is clearly panicked, Shadow and the others look at him confused. The camera cuts again into the raider's ship, Hunter now sitting at a computer terminal in front of the Boss turns his head around and says
Hunter: Sir one of the Warehouses is trying to contact us.
The Boss turns to him with an evil smile on his face
Boss: Calling to beg for mercy no doubt put them on.
The main screen flashes and Tom's face comes on
Boss: Calling to beg for mercy so soon, I thought you mechanics would put up much more of a fight.
The camera cuts to Tom's side; he's clearly tick off by the comment by the way he's clenching his fist but he holds it together.
Tom: No we haven't lost this fight yet, but I have call to ask that you stop taking parts off of Gerodi.
The camera cuts back to the Raiders ship to shoe the Boss is a little confused.
Boss: Gerodi?
The camera cuts back to Warehouse, Tom is really pissed now and is using every ounce of self-control to not curse the Boss raider out and punch the monitor.
Tom: The Junk Mountain you're currently stealing parts from.
The camera cuts back to the raider's ship
Boss: Oh
The Boss smiles an arrogant smile
Boss: And why would I do that?
The camera cuts back to Tom
Tom: You see Junk Mountains are very sensitive, if you move the wrong thing from them or move something incorrectly the whole mountain can collapse and Gerodi is the biggest and most unstable Junk Mountain in all of Junk City.
While he's been talking a second monitor has been showing the magnet get completely cover in parts and become 4 times the size it started out as, then it is lifted back up into the ship. The Boss is starting to get bored
Boss: And I care why?
Tom begins to plead
Tom: Because Gerodi is right in front of our S-generator, if it collapses on it Junk City will be without power for months maybe longer.
Boss is unmoved
Boss: Once again why should I care?
The magnet is drop again, all the parts and Junk attach to it have been removed, and it starts the process again. Tom is getting desperate
Tom: Please without power the few hospitals we have won't work, we won't be able to do our jobs; we won't be able to keep food fresh; you'll be destroying Junk City and ruining hundreds of lives! You can take parts from another Junk Mountain so please, please stop what you're doing!
Tom begs, the boss doesn't respond for a moment giving them hope, and then he smiles an evil smile and says.
Boss: No, at best this city can be described as a landfill, trust me when I say people would thank me if I destroyed it, so goodbye.
He cuts the communication; Tom is at first shocked, then very angrily
Tom: THAT HEARTLESS DAMN BASTERD!
He punches the wall, he turns to mechanic A
Tom: Is there anything we can do to bring that ship down!
Mechanic A shakes his head
Mechanic A: We don't have the weaponry to bring down a ship.
Mechanic B adds
Mechanic B: I just finish checking with the other Warehouse and the news is bad, no Gundam Team is going to help us, they're all to scare or don’t care.
Jack who looks piss now shouts
Jack: Those DAMN COWARDS!
There's a moment of silence as the mechanics try to figure out what to do and Shadow takes this moment to step forward.
Shadow: Um, in case you guys forgot I am part of a Gundam Team and willing to help.
Tom looks at Shadow hesitantly, but Jack answers immediately
Jack: With only one Gundam?
Shadow goes to argue
Shadow: How many Gundams does it take to bring down a ship?
He says this to Tom, Tom is starting to waver. Jack sees this and gets pissed
Jack: Don't be stupid Tom, his Gundam doesn't even have flight capabilities, there's no way he could even reach the ship!
Mechanic B thinking out loud
Mechanic B: We could loan him a beam rifle, then it doesn't matter how far away he is he can just shoot them down.
Jack turns to glare at mechanic B who cowards under her gaze. Tom has made up his mind
Tom: Alright go get his Gundam set up and you get ready to suit up. There's a spare pilot suit over there.
He looks at mechanic B when he says "Go get his Gundam", mechanic B dying to get out of there jumps up and takes off, and then he looks to Shadow when he says "you get ready" and points to a side closet by the communication terminal. Shadow punches the air
Shadow: Yes!
Shadow walks over to the side closet and grabs a pilot suit. Jack is very pissed now, and she starts to chase after Tom.
Jack: Are you out of your mind Tom, we don't know what kind defenses that ship has. It's way too dangerous for Shadow to go by himself.
Tom snaps
Tom: Look we don't have a choice!
Jack shouts back
Jack: He's a rookie pilot he'll be killed if you send him out there!
Shadow is a little offended
Shadow: Hey just because I don't have that much experience doesn't mean I'm a rookie.
Shadow says this in a joking kind of way with his normal smile on. Jack very pissed off now snaps at him.
Jack: This isn't the time for jokes!
Her anger and shouting surprises Shadow. Jack goes on to say
Jack: If you go out there you'll be heading to your death!
Jack takes a breath to calm herself down.
Jack: Look there's no point in you going out and committing suicidal, we appreciate your offer to help but we'll be fine on our own, so just go.
Jack is beginning to sound desperate. Shadow doesn't move his face is hard to read, Jack gets hysterical
Jack: I SAID GO, GET OUT OF HERE, what don't you understand!
Shadow puts a hand on Jack's shoulder. Jack’s red eyes are open wide as Shadow looks her straight in the eye
Shadow: Sorry Jack.
When Shadow says "Sorry Jack", we should hear an echo of Mark's voice saying the same thing.
Shadow: But I can't stand by and do nothing while this city is under attack.
Shadow goes to walk away, Jack is once again on the verge of tears, and we start seeing flashes of Mark running off in the rain to his death.
Jack: Damn it why, why do you people risk your life to save this stupid excused of a landfill, its better off just disappearing!
Her statement shocks everyone except Shadow, and Tom
Tom (Jack.)
He thinks with pity, Shadow turns around and punches Jack in the face shocking everyone. Jack falls to the ground hard.
Cagalli: Shadow what the hell do you think you're doing!
Shadow ignores Cagalli and says to Jack
Shadow: Don't you ever call Junk City that!
Jack and Tom are even more shocked now
Shadow: Junk City is a lot more important than people realize. If a Gundam's life came be describe as a circle, then this city is the beginning and ending point of a Gundam's circle. This is the place where Gundam's come to die, this is also the place where Gundams are born, a place where old broken down Gundam's are brought here to be reborn into new more powerful Gundam's and if this place were to disappear then it would be like someone taking a piece out of the circle making it incomplete and I am sure that this disaster would be felt by all the world. That's why as long as I live I can't let this city be destroyed.
While he's been talking we've been seeing flashbacks of Mark saying the same thing, Jack is in deep shocked and so is Tom.
Tom (Th-th-That's impossible I never told him exactly what Mark said, could this guy be…)
He's staring at Shadow intensely, and for a moment he sees Mark instead of Shadow. Shadow turns to face the others, his words have inspire them.
Shadow: Guys line up!
Kenny, Nick, Cagalli, Roxas get closer to him
Shadow: I Shadow Zoomarey am declaring that protecting Junk City is our first official Mission as an official Gundam Team. Agree?
Nick nods his head
Nick: A true gentleman doesn't turn his back when others are in trouble.
Kenny eagerly says
Kenny: Agree!
Roxas gets up and stretches
Roxas: That Raider Boss smug smile pisses me off, so let's kick his ass.
Cagalli nods her head
Cagalli: I agree with Roxas, we should help anyway we can.
Shadow pacing nods his
Shadow: Great, since we're all in agreement let's get started. Since I'm the only one with a Gundam I'll deal with the raider's ship, Nick you head to the other Warehouse.
Nick nods his head
Nick: Right
He turns around and walks away, Shadow turns to Roxas
Shadow: Roxas you take the mine.
Roxas smiles excited
Roxas: Sweet, I get to try out my cave animal imitations.
She gets back down on all fours and takes off fast, Shadow turns to Cagalli
Shadow: That just leaves the housing district for you.
Cagalli is shocked and scare
Cagalli: Wait you want me to go to the housing district full of raider's with machine guns by myself!
Tom steps up
Tom: Don't worry there should already be mechanics there trying to fight the raiders. All you have to do is go there and ask them what they need. All the Warehouses are sending backup teams to the areas under attack we just need more time to get them organize but the people already over there could use a hand.
Cagalli is still hesitate, Shadow smiles at her
Shadow: What's the matter princess never been to the frontlines before?
That pisses Cagalli off
Cagalli: As a matter of fact I have!
Shadow: Good then you should have no problem going there this time.
He says with a gloating smile, which pisses off Cagalli even more
Cagalli: Fine I will!
She turns around and marches off, Kenny walks over to the computer mechanic B was using
Kenny: I'll stay and help out here.
Shadow nods his head
Shadow: Alright I'm heading to Nightwing; contact me if anything else happens.
One of the trucks use to move Gundam parts pulls up next to them. Tom turns to Shadow
Tom: You take the truck back to your Gundam and I'll stay here and act as your tech support.
Shadow nods his head
Shadow: Alright
Shadow hops onto the back of the truck, as the truck begins to move Shadow changes into his pilot’s suit. The scene cuts to Nightwing it's been move to the front of the Warehouse. We see Nightwing get handed a beam rifle and a shield as the truck pulls right up next to it.
The moment the truck stops Shadow jumps out of it and walks around to the front of Nightwing, he's got his pilot suit on except the helmet. Mechanic B is waiting for him on a lift. The moment Shadow hops on the lift Mechanic B flips the switch and the lift begins to move up. Shadow turns to him, he's got a big excited smile on his face, he holds out his clothes.
Shadow: Hey, do you mind watching my clothes.
Mechanic B: Um, sure.
The lift reaches the cockpit door
Shadow: Great Thanks.
Shadow hits a few buttons on his Neon gauntlet, the cockpit door opens. He puts on his helmet and jumps in, the door closes behind him as he gets to the center of the cockpit in the sunken floor and shouts
Shadow: Nightwing begin Launching Sequence.
We cut outside Nightwing for a second to see its eyes flash
Nightwing: Launching Sequence engage.
Nightwing: Activating S-generator.
The camera cuts into a metal room to show a crystal or something like it in the center. We see a bolt of eclectically hit it, creating a large boom, and then a mini sun appears. We cut back to Shadow.
Nightwing: Activating NS System
We see the black fog being released; it hits Shadow's legs and begins to enter the suit, we see the red lines appear, starting from his feet. The red lines go up and spread across his body, the camera circles around Shadow so we can see this better, this time Shadow doesn't yell in pain but he does grit his teeth and tense his muscles. When the lines spread across his helmet they disappear.
Nightwing: Activating Zero gravity
The Zero gravity bubble appears around Shadow again, he floats a couple of inches in the air.
Nightwing: All system check, all systems ready to go on pilot’s command.
Shadow takes a deep breath he closes his eyes to concentrate
Shadow (Alright got to remember, I am Nightwing, I am Nightwing, I AM NIGHTWING!)
Shadow's eyes pop open
Shadow: Shadow Zoomarey in Nightwing launching!
We cut back outside Nightwing to see the mechanics scrambling around to get out of his way. Mechanic B shouts
Mechanic B: Get those hanger doors open!
The Gundam size hanger doors begin to open slowly. The camera turns around to face Nightwing and because the sun is now center in the middle of the sky it gives off a shining effect. Nightwing walks out of the Warehouse, we cut back inside the cockpit to see Shadow grinning full of excitement.
Shadow: Alright Nightwing it’s time to save a city!
Nightwing eyes flash again, the episode ends with it bursting out of the Warehouse at top speeds.